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Bitly vs Follett Destiny Library Manager

Bitly
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Follett Destiny Library Manager
4 Ratings

Bitly

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Score 8.6 out of 100

Based on 127 reviews and ratings

Follett Destiny Library Manager

4 Ratings
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Score 8.5 out of 100

Based on 4 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Follett Destiny Library Manager is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

8.7

Bitly

87%
56 Ratings
9.4

Follett Destiny Library Manager

94%
2 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

10.0

Bitly

100%
2 Ratings

Follett Destiny Library Manager

N/A
0 Ratings

Usability

9.5

Bitly

95%
6 Ratings

Follett Destiny Library Manager

N/A
0 Ratings

Availability

9.0

Bitly

90%
2 Ratings

Follett Destiny Library Manager

N/A
0 Ratings

Performance

9.0

Bitly

90%
2 Ratings

Follett Destiny Library Manager

N/A
0 Ratings

Support Rating

8.0

Bitly

80%
15 Ratings
10.0

Follett Destiny Library Manager

100%
4 Ratings

Online Training

7.0

Bitly

70%
1 Rating

Follett Destiny Library Manager

N/A
0 Ratings

Implementation Rating

8.0

Bitly

80%
2 Ratings

Follett Destiny Library Manager

N/A
0 Ratings

Product Scalability

9.0

Bitly

90%
1 Rating

Follett Destiny Library Manager

N/A
0 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Bitly

Generally I would recommend. If you are doing a tiny amount of volume (price sensitive and/or your team needs hands on support) you may be better served elsewhere, but I don't think you're going to get the easy of use and feature set that you would with Bitly. We have found that our user base is also used to seeing Bitly-shortened links in their daily browsing, so are less reticent to click a URL that isn't on our domain

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

I like that it's everything you need in one place! It catalogs our collection for easy searching, I can make lists within it that are private to me or I can share, I can also run any report I can think of and even program and schedule reports to be run and even emailed to teacher or students. I like customer support, they provide correct information and are very helpful in showing us how to find what we need.

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Pros

Bitly

  • Shorten and link branding: Bitly helps to turn long URLs into short ones that can also be customized to suit any business name.
  • Tracking and analytics: A great thing to be able to see the social media channels that visitors are clicking from and where they are in the world.
  • Integrations: Bitly integrates well with third-party tools to help improve workflow and tech tools.
  • Free plan: There are some great features on the paid plan but for those not yet ready to invest Bitly provides a great free option.

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

  • Ability for patrons to create their own holds.
  • Automatically send out electronic overdue notices.
  • Check across the district for books and patrons.

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Cons

Bitly

  • One thing I've noticed is that if you're shortening a link that you didn't create - for example shortening the link to a news article that you then want to share on Twitter - the analytics will continue to pull data from the original URL as a whole, and not just your unique Bitlink. It would be nice to be able to pull out the traffic that just my efforts are pulling to the site, and not every single source of traffic that site is getting.

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Corinne Aherne | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Follett Destiny Library Manager

  • Destiny Library Manager's interface is a little dated. After years and years of use, it just looks old. Functionality is not lost, nor is anything else.
  • Attempts at automating the process to update our students from our SIS has not gone well. It's easier to enter new students manually.

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Pricing Details

Bitly

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$0

Bitly Editions & Modules

Edition
FreeFree
Basic$352
CustomizedContact sales team
  1. none
  2. per month
  3. none
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Follett Destiny Library Manager

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
Optional

Starting Price

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Follett Destiny Library Manager Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details
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Likelihood to Renew

Bitly

Bitly 10.0
Based on 2 answers
We've had great success with Bitly and will continue using it.

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

No score
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Usability

Bitly

Bitly 9.5
Based on 6 answers
Using Bitly to create shareable, trackable short links for social media couldn't be easier. Bitly is super easy to manage and offers easy monitoring of short links. Even with the few shortcomings or cumbersome features, Bitly is ranked number 1 for shortening links for our organization because of how simple it is to use.

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

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Reliability and Availability

Bitly

Bitly 9.0
Based on 2 answers
I've witnessed very little availability issues with Bitly. This includes very rare occurrences of application errors and unplanned outages, of which I very much appreciate. When there are application errors or outages, Bitly does a great job of handling the issues in a timely manner and I am rarely out of the site for long at all. This is great, considering I was using Bitly for nearly every link that was posted to our social media accounts.

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Holland Pintarch | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Follett Destiny Library Manager

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Performance

Bitly

Bitly 9.0
Based on 2 answers
I have used Bitly's service on a variety of computers, systems, and browsers. With this being said, I have not noticed much of a change at all between the browsers and computers, and Bitly's performance is top notch. Reports are also completed in a reasonable time frame, and I have had very little problem with lag time on loading different pages on the site. Pages tend to load quite quickly.

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

No score
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Support Rating

Bitly

Bitly 8.0
Based on 15 answers
For us, Bitly is a Godsend an an almost perfect solution. I have no complaints and would recommend them to almost anyone. I guess I would hold back from a 10/10 because short URLs can sometimes look spammy. For us, and what we need it for, it's just about perfect!

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

Follett Destiny Library Manager 10.0
Based on 4 answers
Super nice and helpful every time I’ve called for help.

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In-Person Training

Bitly

I did not receive any in-person training, as I felt that I didn't need this type of training in order to understand and learn Bitly. It was quite easy for me to explore Bitly and learn the features myself without needing a person to give me a demo or tutorial. Kudos to making a platform that is very straightforward.

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Holland Pintarch | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Follett Destiny Library Manager

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Online Training

Bitly

Bitly 7.0
Based on 1 answer
I haven't experienced direct online training - However, several times while learning Bitly by myself I went to the main Bitly page to answer a few questions I had. This includes determining exactly what features I was receiving and then I would explore the website and find these features. Also, I went to the Enterprise tab when both deciding to purchase that upgrade, as well as after I purchased this upgrade. It was very helpful in learning exactly what came with that package and after the upgrade, I was able to look there and learn some of the aspects of the upgrade that I was missing

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

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Implementation Rating

Bitly

Bitly 8.0
Based on 2 answers
Very excited to use bitly for link tracing - I was very excited to begin using Bitly for this company, and I've had very favorable impressions of using Bitly in the past for a variety of different jobs. Knowing the amount clicks on each link is important for our overall strategy.

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Holland Pintarch | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Follett Destiny Library Manager

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Alternatives Considered

Bitly

We use Pretty Links for custom URLs from our Word Press website. When that is not possible because the URL doesn't originate from the website, we use Bitly. It definitely has a purpose in our day-to-day operations. We also appreciate the information you receive like total clicks, top referrer and top location.

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

We have not used any other products. There was a time we were going to look at other options, but then Follett updated their products to the point where there was no longer a need to look elsewhere. We are very happy and love the cost.

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Scalability

Bitly

Bitly 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Bitly's scalability is great. When I began using it, I only used it once in a while to promote blog articles from our WordPress site on Twitter. This was due to Twitter's character limit and URL shortening was necessary. However, once I became more familiar with it and started seeing the benefits of many of Bitly's features, I began using it for nearly every link I posted across all of our social media accounts. This increased the workload I filtered through Bitly, and we also upgraded from free to a paid account. This growth was handled very well by Bitly and I was very pleased with its ability to scale so easily.

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Holland Pintarch | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Follett Destiny Library Manager

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Return on Investment

Bitly

  • We have seen an increase in event surveys since user Bitly in addition to the QR code
  • There are less technical issues when users are trying to use the Bitly URL
  • Can't beat free and when we have the budget would upgrade as the costs for benefits is worth it

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Follett Destiny Library Manager

  • Positive impact on overall business.

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